BY OSWALD B. LOWER. 43 



abdomen fuscous, basal joint of antennae reddish. Legs ochreous, 

 somewhat infuscated. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently 

 arched, hindmargin obliquely rounded; pale flesh, more or less 

 suffused with patches of reddish ferruginous, especially towards 

 apex and hindmargin, and very finely irro rated throughout with 

 blackish; a suffused blackish mark at base; a moderate whitish 

 spot in middle, at i from base, more or less encircled with reddish- 

 fuscous; a similar, more distinct, spot at end of cell, beneath 

 which is an irregular blackish mark going towards anal angle; a 

 suffused blackish mark along hindmargin near base; an oblique 

 suffused blackish mark from costa at f reaching half across wing: 

 a suffused row of blackish dots along hindmargin and apical fifth 

 of costa : cilia greyish (imperfect). Hind wings dark fuscous ;. 

 cilia dark fuscous. 



Warrego, N.S.W.; one specimen (Coll. Lyell). 



Obscurely marked but quite distinct. 



Up to the present the genus Trachyntis has not been observed 

 outside of Western Australia. 



Nephogenes basatra, n.sp. 



(££. 28-30 mm. Head, palpi and thorax fleshy-pink. Abdo- 

 men greyish-ochreous. Anterior and middle legs dark fuscous, 

 posterior pair greyish-ochreous ; all with more or less whitish 

 tarsal rings. Forewings elongate, moderate, costa gently arched, 

 hindmargin obliquely rounded ; fleshy-red, minutely irrorated 

 throughout with fuscous; a very sharply defined short black 

 elongate mark, on inner margin close to base, appearing somewhat 

 raised; a moderate fuscous dot in disc at I from base, slightly 

 above middle; a second, similar, immediately below and before it, 

 and a third at end of cell; in some specimens with a fleshy spot 

 immediately below; sometimes the whole of the forewings are 

 infuscated, obliterating the discal dots but leaving the fleshy spot 

 well defined and surrounded with fuscous : cilia fleshy-red. more 

 or less mixed with fuscous, sometimes ochreous-fuscous. Hind- 

 wings pale fuscous; cilia ochreous-grey, with a blackish-fuscous 

 basal line. 



